The great melting pot that is the United States took on a distinctly Latin flavor in 2003, when the Census Bureau released new figures that showed that Hispanics had become the nation’s largest minority group. Although the announcement marked a historic moment for the country, the U.S. Latino...
HIV incidence among 13‒24-year-old males who have sex with males has risen in recent years, and this age-group represents half of all individuals whose HIV infections are undiagnosed. Yet, it has been difficult for public health programs to develop effective HIV-related services for young sexual...
Studies have found that young men who watch TV shows with a lot of sexual content are more likely than their peers to begin having sex. They’re also more likely to regret that decision, according to a 2009 article...
By the early 1990s, AIDS had reached epidemic proportions in the United States—touching nearly every corner of society, including adolescents. Education efforts focused on young people were launched to help control the spread of the disease among that population, and researchers began to...
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In the 1970s, rising teenage pregnancy rates led to growing concern among both the general public and the health care community. As research on this topic proliferated, the journal responded in 1978 by publishing a special issue on...
In 1969, an article in the journal’s very first issue examined the legality of providing contraceptives and treatment for venereal disease to U.S. minors—those younger than 18—particularly if they were unmarried. At a time when the limited availability of such services for minors was a growing...
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In 1971, Johns Hopkins University researchers John F. Kantner and Melvin Zelnik conducted the first-ever survey exploring issues pertaining to sex and contraception among teenage women in the U.S. One of the earliest reports coming out of their work appeared in a...
What was commonly believed: In the 1970s and 1980s, teenage males were often viewed as “sexual adventurers,” or “roving inseminators,” who typically sought to have many partners and relished the pursuit of sexual conquests.
What the...
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Few nationally representative studies have assessed the risk of STD transmission among sexual minority women. In a 2013 article in Perspectives, Lisa L. Lindley and colleagues helped fill the gap in such research using 2007‒2008 Add Health data....
